Design of Triple Play Terminal Middleware for Service Convergence

Abstract

This article presents Triple Play terminal Middleware architecture to support Triple Play Service Convergence. The Triple Play terminal architecture, including IPTV and V2oIP, is presented in detail. With significant improvement of the silicon technology nowadays, the proposed architecture can be implemented on single terminal, i.e. Set-Top-Box. The implemented system enables IPTV users to easily handle video phone calls by using remote control while watching TV Program.